1974 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ROSTER PRO

Change filters or adjust season slider to modify results. That 35–15 loss against Minnesota provided an anticlimactic conclusion to Hank Stram’s illustrious coaching career in Kansas City. Teams Kansas City Chiefs 1974 Roster 1960 2021 1974 1974 1974 1974 Showing 36 records. Including owner Lamar Hunt and five future Minnesota Vikings Hall of Famers, an amazing total of 12 Hall of Fame inductees were involved in that 1974 season finale game.

1974 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ROSTER PRO

The final game of the 1974 campaign marked the final time all five of Kansas City’s Pro Football Hall of Fame players from the club’s AFL champion era took the field together with coach Hank Stram. One of the year’s few bright spots in the 5–9 season was cornerback Emmitt Thomas, who led the league with a franchise-record 12 interceptions. Many of the club’s key players were entering the twilight of their careers: Len Dawson was 39, Jim Tyrer was 35, Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, and Ed Budde were 34, Dave Hill was 33 and Otis Taylor was 32. The result was the team’s first losing season in 11 years as the club was unable to string together consecutive victories during the year, a first in franchise history. While the club’s sparkling new facility at Arrowhead Stadium was drawing rave reviews, the Chiefs roster was beginning to show its age. For more information, see Kansas City Chiefs. Game summaries Week 1 vs.The 1974 Kansas City Chiefs season ended with a 5–9 record and third place finish in the AFC West, effectively costing head coach Hank Stram his job. This is a select list of players from the Kansas City Chiefs football team from the National Football League.

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. The 1974 Kansas City Chiefs, coached by Hank Stram, missed the playoffs after finishing the NFL regular season in 3rd place in the AFC West with a 5-9. Following Super Bowl VIII, The AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was held at Arrowhead Stadium on January 20 with the AFC claiming a 15–13 win thanks to five field goals from Miami placekicker Garo Yepremian. Len Dawson became the second Chiefs player in as many years to win the NFL Man of the Year Award.

A 1–2–1 ledger over the season's final month ended the club's post-season aspirations as the team finished the year in a second-place tie with Denver at 7–5–2. 1970 Kansas City Chiefs Roster & Players. Livingston led the club to another three straight wins, putting the team in first place in mid-November with a 6–3–1 record. Kansas City Chiefs Roster ESPN Kansas City Chiefs (Chiefs) / Twitter Kansas City. The aging Len Dawson made his final start of the year in a 23–14 loss at Buffalo on October 29 and was replaced for the remainder of the year by Livingston, beginning a string of three straight seasons in which both players split time at the position. Played one season (1974) with the Washington Redskins. Quarterback Mike Livingston started in a 23–13 Opening Day loss against the Los Angeles Rams on September 16, but Len Dawson returned to rally the club for three consecutive wins to get the club off to a 3–1 start for a third consecutive year. The defense kept the club in contention thanks to a nucleus that still included the bulk of the squad's Super Bowl IV starters. they finished with a 7–5–2 record and missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

The 1973 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 4th season in the National Football League, the 11th as the Kansas City Chiefs, and the 14th overall.

1974 kansas city chiefs roster